Jamie Who catering - Sandwiches and salads

So I had my second catering job this weekend. Two "friends-of-a-friend" got married on Saturday and on Sunday they had 50 people round for a lunch. The brief was pretty simple. They wanted a really chilled vibe and unpretentious food. We did sandwiches and salads. 

Now, let's clear something up. I am starting to hate the word gourmet as an adjective. Gourmet burgers, gourmet salads, gourmet bunny-chow, gourmet pies blah blah blah. It's getting really old, really fast. That said, there is something awesome about taking a simple food concept and dressing it up. That's what we did. We didn't make gourmet sandwiches. We just made sandwiches. But we made them look and taste amazing. Same for the salads. 

Here's the menu we put out: 

• Roasted lamb-shoulder with tzatziki on toasted ciabatta
  
• Sushi sandwich (salmon, pickled ginger, wasabi mayo and watercress)
• Marinated mushrooms on sourdough
• Chickpea, red onion and feta salad
• Mixed greens with parmesan shavings
• Roast chicken and pink grapefruit salad

All in all, I was really happy with the way it came together. It was hard work but really rewarding to see the end product. The Princess worked like a machine and I am so proud of her - watching someone fall in love with food the way she has been amazing to watch.  

We are taking this side of Jamie Who a bit more seriously next year, and with a focus on packaging and design I'm really excited about it. 

If you have any catering needs drop me a line on jamiewhoblog@gmail.com

Cheers,

Jamie Who

Jamie Who catering

So I have finally taken the massive step of starting a catering company. It has always been my dream and I have eventually been brave enough to do it. At the moment it is obviously tiny but I was stoked to get job number one, a hen's party, under the belt this weekend. My fiance (who will be running the new company) and I spent the whole day on Saturday in the kitchen and the end result was:

• Massive green salad platters of asian leaves, brocolli, asparagus, peas and avocado topped off with shavings of pecorino. The visual impact of all the greenery on the plate was incredible.


• Three homemade breads. Two ciabatta loaves - one stuffed with garlic, pesto and sundried tomatoes, the other stuffed with olives and rosemary - and a soda bread.


• A chicken and brocolli fusilli bake


• An aubergine spinach lasagne
  

We also did thank you packs for the guests. The theme was pink, black and white so we made boxes and filled them with sweets in those three colours. Packaging and design is an area that we want to focus on with the new company and I was really happy with the way these turned out.

After a long hard day of work, it was so rewarding to hear the amazing feedback we got. People loved the food we loved making it. Here's to the start of hopefully a new chapter.

Cheers,

Jamie Who